Remote VMware-to-AWS Migration Engineer

Cognizant; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 137,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Migration Engineer with strong VMware expertise to lead large-scale migrations from on-premises VMware to AWS. This remote role involves coordinating with cross-functional teams and ensuring minimal business disruption.

Responsibilities include planning migrations, building AWS environments, automating deployment with Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell and Python, and validating post-migration stability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years supporting VMware infrastructure environments.
• 3+ years designing and implementing AWS cloud solutions.
• Proven VMware-to-AWS migration project experience.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Assess VMware vSphere environments and plan migrations.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute migrations to AWS.
• Design and deploy AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM).
• Automate deployment using Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, and PowerShell.
• Validate migration results and stabilize post-migration environments.

Skills

VMware vSphere

ESXi

VMware vCenter

VMware Cluster Management

DRS

High Availability

VMware Networking & Storage

VMware PowerCLI

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Python

PowerShell

AWS Application Migration Service (MGN

Automation Frameworks & Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

PowerShell

Python

VMware PowerCLI

AWS MGn

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Migration Engineer with strong VMware expertise to lead large-scale migrations from on-premises VMware to AWS. This remote role involves coordinating with cross-functional teams and ensuring minimal business disruption.

Responsibilities include planning migrations, building AWS environments, automating deployment with Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell and Python, and validating post-migration stability.